The famous -- and infamous -- Nixon White House tapes that
reveal for
the first time President Richard Nixon uncensored,
unfiltered, and in his
own words
President Nixon's voice-activated taping system captured
every word
spoken in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other key
locations in the
White House, and at Camp David -- 3,700 hours of recordings
between
1971 and 1973. Yet less than 5 percent of those
conversations have ever
been transcribed and published. Now, thanks to professor
Luke Nichter's
massive effort to digitize and transcribe the tapes, the
world can finally
read an unprecedented account of one of the most important and
controversial presidencies in U.S. history.
The Nixon Tapes offers a selection of fascinating scenes
from the
year Nixon opened relations with China, negotiated the SALT
I arms
agreement with the Soviet Union, and won a landslide
reelection victory.
All the while, the growing shadow of Watergate and Nixon's
political
downfall crept ever closer. The Nixon Tapes provides a
never-before-seen
glimpse into a flawed president's hubris, paranoia, and
political genius.